Outcome of Lithuania’s OPCW Executive Council membership: increased support for Ukraine and growing isolation of Russia
Added 2026-05-15
On 12 May, Lithuania's two-year membership of the Executive Council of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) ended.
Budrys met with Budanov in Vilnius: Ukraine's security is a security issue for the whole of Europe
Added 2026-05-12
On 12 May, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Kęstutis Budrys met in Vilnius with Kyrylo Budanov, Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine.
Note handed to a Russian representative over shelling of Ukraine
Added 2026-05-07
On 7 May, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania summoned a representative of the Russian Embassy in Lithuania, who was handed a note of strong protest over the brutal shelling of Ukraine despite the initiative of the...
Joint Statement by the Nordic-Baltic Ministers (NB8) of Foreign Affairs
Added 2026-04-30
We, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and government representatives of the NB8, met in Kuressaare, Estonia on 29-30 April 2026, at a time of rapid change in the international security environment, with heightened geopolitical tensions, Russia...
Budrys: Nordic and Baltic countries are an example in supporting Ukraine and in their approach to defence
Added 2026-04-29
On 29-30 April, Minister of Foreign Affairs Kęstutis Budrys attended the Baltic and Nordic (NB8) Foreign Ministers' meeting in Kuressaare, Estonia. Ministers discussed European security and defence issues, Russia's aggression against and support...
Vice-Minister Valys in Los Angeles: we seek to expand cooperation between Lithuanian and the U.S. business and innovation ecosystems
Added 2026-04-29
On 27 April, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Taurimas Valys started his working visit to Los Angeles by welcoming representatives of Lithuanian defence industry companies participating in a business mission to the U.S.
Budrys' visit to Cambodia focuses on energy, security, and support for Ukraine
Added 2026-04-24
On 24 April, in Phnom Penh, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Kęstutis Budrys, met with Prak Sokhonn, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Cambodia.
Budrys on the painful lessons of European history: the examples of Bucha and Irpin today once again prove that, as memory fades, mass graves return
Added 2026-04-21
On 21 April, Estonia joined Lithuania's initiative in Brussels to inaugurate a European memorial for the victims of totalitarian regimes. The official letter, in which Estonia confirms its participation in this project and allocates financial...
Budrys in Luxembourg: the crisis in the Middle East cannot reduce strategic attention to Ukraine
Added 2026-04-21
On 21 April, in Luxembourg, the head of Lithuania’s diplomacy, who participated in the European Union’s Foreign Affairs Council, emphasized that in the context of the Middle East crisis, the EU must maintain an active political role, contribute...
Budrys on Ukrainian children abducted by Russia: The international community must step up its efforts to ensure that the abducted children could return to their families
Added 2026-04-19
On 19 April, Minister of Foreign Affairs Kęstutis Budrys met with Najat Maalla M’jid, the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Representative on Violence against Children.